This font is a recreation of Richard Wisan's "ELITEQ.LQN" font file (c) 1990 for use with the program LQMATRIX. From Mr. Wisan's comment in the LQMATRIX documentation file: "ELITEQ.LQN: resembles Epson's resident Roman font, but slightly reduced to suit elite spacing."

LQMATRIX was a font design program for use with Epson LQ [Letter Quality] 24-pin dot matrix printers and compatibles. Created by noted linguist, anthropologist, and photographer J. David Sapir, the program had its beginnings in 1985 and was published by Jimmy Paris Software; the last known version that I have been able to find is version 4.44 (1991). Mr. Sapir included font set submissions from LQMATRIX users in some of the later updates; my version includes Mr. Wisan's file. A screenshot of the program is included in the comments section below.

While the graphics mode of dot matrix printers could print rather complex pictures, it remained extremely slow for large amounts of specialized text. By uploading an LQMATRIX font file into the printer's RAM, the temporary font could be used interchangeablely with the printer's resident ROM fonts. The result was a much faster print speed with little sacrifice in quality -- plus, one could design their own special glyphs or characters to suit their needs!

This was accomplish by a sophisticated design program included with LQMATRIX, whereby users could create and save characters or symbols on a 24 vertical by 15 horizontal grid for the ASCII locations 032–126 (although 001-127 were permitted). One could even place dots in the 14 half-positions along the horizontal.

I have cleaned-up some of the curvatures and harmonized a number of glyphs (along with outright modification of a few, like W and w), yet they still adhere to the same 24 x 15 grid. The original designs can be found beginning in the "More Latin" section. Because the characters for "left single quotation mark" and "right single quotation mark" were not present in DOS, I have "created" them here for sake of completion.

While suffering some serious fonter's block, here's another "wonky" experiment: this time, based on my "21st Century Dot Matrix" font. Random numbers were used to determine each dot's nudged position for the vertical (–½ / –¼ / 0 / +¼ / +½), and another set of random numbers for the horizontal. Each position had an equal 20% chance of placement.

On the previous "wonky" font ("Wonky Pins"), I adjusted some dots manually to be more visually pleasing, but I refrained from doing that here. Because so many dots were nudged to extreme positions (–½ & +½ vertically and horizontally) WITHOUT further adjustment, the printed text is still legible but definitely not as refined at "Wonky Pins"...

This typeface was also based on 2 sets of dots this time: one randomized set for an even number of dots across a row (6 or 8), and the other set for an odd number of dots (7). Sometimes, even dots and odd dots are used together on the same row in order to match the placement in the original design. These blocks are present in the "À" position. A slightly larger generic block in position "Á" is only present to prevent word processors from 'cutting off' dots nudged too far vertically up or down; initial test printings resulted in ½ dots being printed at those extremes.

Perhaps another "wonky" experiment will place the extreme ends at a lower chance of occurance (perhaps 10%) while the other three (–¼ / 0 / +¼) more at likely at 26.67% each. Or perhaps an even higher chance that the dot is not even nudged at all, with lower likelihoods as you move outwards to the extremes. This might alleviate the need for any manual adjustments, yet still get the point across that something... something has gone wonky with the printer...

Typeface used for the opening credits of Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero (EGA) & Quest For Glory: So You Want To Be A Hero (EGA), (C) 1989 Sierra On-Line. The words and names were not generated using an in-game font; they were actually pre-rendered static images within the game's art assets. Letters Q & Z created by Goatmeal.

Because the flourishes/sparkles present in the center of several letters could not be recreated effectively in FontStruct, they are NOT included in this font recreation.

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Published: 21st September, 2015
Last edited: 21st September, 2015
Created: 15th September, 2015
After looking at several examples, this is my interpretation of a 16 Segment alphabet, an expansion of my Curved Seven Segment experiment. Hopefully a little more elegant than the traditional "sharp-angled" versions. The interior diagonals are not as nice as I would like, but suitable for this project.

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Published: 13th September, 2015
Last edited: 13th September, 2015
Created: 13th September, 2015
Clone of Curved Seven Segment. A variant of my previous font: the lower left segment now matches the other three corners, allowing for a symmetrical design of hexdecimal letters. Again, inspired by the LCD numbers of my Casio calculator watch and the digital screens of modern gasoline pumps. Hopefully a little more elegant than the traditional "sharp-angled" versions. Limited to hexadecimal values (A-F, a-f, 0-9), the decimal point (period .), and the colon (:).This is a clone of Curved Seven Segment

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Published: 28th April, 2015
Last edited: 27th April, 2015
Created: 31st March, 2015
Beauty from imperfection...
Using the "nudge" tool, I tried to make a dot matrix font where it looks like the print-head was damaged and the pins were consistently mis-aligned. Using a spreadsheet to help randomize the dot positions from center ( U/D/L/R ), the resulting effect looks merely "OK" on the screen; it's just not as subtle as I had hoped...
But you know what? I printed a couple of pages of text using this TTF font at 12-pt, and it seems to have a more 'natural' and 'authentic' look than dots that are perfectly aligned! So, I consider this one a success, and I hope you do, too. ;^)

A medieval pixel font created for use in the graphic adventure game "Quest For Infamy" by Infamous Quests, (C) 2012-2014. Designed for fantasy / RPG-style video games. Uppercase letters inspired by: various German Blackletter, Old English, and Uncial typefaces; "Deutsch Gothic" by James Fordyce; "1454 Gutenberg Bibel" by John H. Schmidt; "Goudy Medieval" by Mentor Type; "Black Castle MF" by Rick W. Mueller; "Two For Juan" by Nick's Fonts; and Exidy's video arcade game "Venture" (1981). Numerals inspired by various Old English and Gothic typefaces.

A more accurate update of the font from Electronic's 1991 self-titled album and the 2013 re-release; a variation of Wim Crouwel's "Stedelijk" alphabet, used on his 1968 Vormgevers poster for the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. The 'characters running together' is purely intentional. Includes new glyphs " - ( ) / and variant p q w 0 . , : ; All other non-alphanumeric characters created by Goatmeal.

Clone of LucasArts SCUMM - Menu. Shadow of the Menu font used for two-tone effects in "Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge" by LucasArts (1991). Extra Latin Characters supplied by marioflea82. Some characters have been modified for a better presentation.

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Published: 11th November, 2011
Last edited: 6th November, 2011
Created: 3rd November, 2011
Clone of Generic Video Game Font 01. An inverse/inverted version of a new 9x9 font that looks like it could have been used in an early '80s video game. See "Generic Video Game Font 01" for the original version.This is a clone of Generic Video Game Font 01

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Published: 6th November, 2011
Last edited: 6th November, 2011
Created: 6th November, 2011
Clone of Generic Video Game Font 01. Solid version of a new 9x9 font that looks like it could have been used in an early '80s video game. See "Generic Video Game Font 02" for an inverted version.This is a clone of Generic Video Game Font 01

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Published: 6th November, 2011
Last edited: 3rd November, 2011
Created: 23rd October, 2011
A new 9x9 font that looks like it could have been used in an early '80s video game. See "Generic Video Game Font 02" for an inverted version.

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Published: 15th October, 2011
Last edited: 14th October, 2011
Created: 10th October, 2011
I'm sure this is actually someone else's design style from somewhere along the way that I have now 'borrowed'...

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Published: 28th September, 2011
Last edited: 28th September, 2011
Created: 15th September, 2011
An alphabet worthy of Q*bert; he could successfully complete each letter and number designed here as an individual game board. The punctuation, however, is another story...

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Published: 1st September, 2011
Last edited: 1st September, 2011
Created: 30th August, 2011
Clone of Diamond Plate. Inspired by the pattern of an embossing roller at work, DIAMOND PLATE evokes an image that is both rough AND tough. Designed for use in any industrial or construction setting, or anywhere safety deck plating is a must! * NOW INCLUDES LOWER CASE! *This is a clone of Diamond Plate